| | BJP veteran, Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away at 93 | | 3-day mourning declared, National Flag to fly half-mast | | | NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister and BJP stalwart, passed away on Thursday.
He was 93. Vajpayee was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in June. Vajpayee, who had been ailing for long, retreated from active public life over the last decade following the deterioration of his health and remained restricted to his residence.
In a medical bulletin, AIIMS issued said: “It is with profound grief that... |  | |
| | | We are not terrorists: Farooq | | | | NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Kashmiris are not terrorists, said National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday, while adding that he will not accept the idea of a nation sans equality.
Addressing an event here in Delhi, He added, “Hum aantankwadi nahi hai, Bharat se alag nahi hona chahte, bharat virodhi nahi hain, lekin hum us Bharat ko tasleem nahi karenge jahan barabari nahi hai insaan ki, chahe vo Hindu ho Musalman ho Sikh ho, Isaai ho... | | |
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| 'Kashmiris need his humane heart approach’ | | Vajpayee’s policy succeeded due to consistency: Mehbooba | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Paying rich tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said his policies on Kashmir and Pakistan succeeded as he showed consistency in his approach despite frequent setbacks.
Addressing media persons here,Mehbooba said the policies of present prime minister Narendra Modi lack consistency after the setbacks.
“Prime minister Modi also made efforts to normalise relations with Pakistan and went to Lahore. But th... | | |
| | | Vajpayee an outstanding parliamentarian: Manmohan | | | | NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was among the tallest leaders of modern India who spent his whole life serving the country, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday while expressing profound sorrow at his predecessor's demise.
Describing Vajpayee as a great prime minister and an outstanding parliamentarian, the Congress leader said the former premier was an excellent orator and an impressive poet.
"I have learnt with profo... | | |
| | Chief justice to judiciary | | Expedite trial in cases of violence against women | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal today said there is a need to expedite trial in cases of atrocities and domestic violence against women.
She made these remarks during her maiden visit to district court Complex Moominabad here.
Chief Justice was accompanied by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Alok Aradhe.
During the interaction, Justice Mittal suggested that judges should work on pri... | | |
| | | Guv expresses grief over Vajpayee’s demise | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Governor N N Vohra has expressed grief over the sad demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Paying tribute to the former prime minister, with whom he had the privilege of working for some time, governor described him as an astute and visionary leader whose thinking was deeply infused by humanism. He recalled Vajpayee's continuing endeavour to evolve an amicable resolution of issues relating to Kashmir.
In his me... | | |
| | | 4 army soldiers injured in Nowgam encounter | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Four arm soldiers were injured in a gunfight with militants in Nowgam sector of Handwara town.
Official sources said an encounter began between army and infiltrating militants near Sangam post Nowgam sector Handwara.
The officials added that four army personnel were injured during the encounter.
The exchange of fire between infiltrators and the army is going on. “Army has cordoned off the dense forest area and efforts are o... | | |
| | | Farooq, Omar condole demise of Vajpayee | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the passing away of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Dr Farooq Abdullah paid glowing tributes to the departed leader and extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.
Highlighting Vajpayee’s exemplary contributions in serving the people of the country Dr Farooq Abdulla... | | |
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| | Protestors demand release of Talib | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: People belonging to Gujjar and Bakerwal community today again hit the streets to protest the unwarranted arrest of Gujjar leader, Talib Hussain on allegedly fabricated charges by Samba police.
The protesters who had assembled at Pratap Park here this afternoon held protest against police for detaining Talib Hussain for none of his fault.
They alleged that BJP in order to settle scores with Gujjar community in Kathua and Samba... | | |
| | | Constructed at a cost of Rs 12-Cr, hospital at Dooru non-functional | | | | ANANTNAG, Aug 16: In 2006, the then PDP-Congress regime sanctioned new building block for sub-district hospital Dooru in southern Anantnag district. The then health minister subsequently laid the foundation stone for the new block.
However, in 2014 when the central government approved two modern hospitals for Jammu and Kashmir, state government sanctioned one for Basholi area of Jammu region and another for Dooru township of Anantnag.
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| | | Vajpayee rare Indian leader who had humaneness: Mirwaiz | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman Hurriyat Conference ( M) has condoled the death of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Mirwaiz described him as "rare Indian leader who had the humaneness to seek the resolution of the festering Kashmir dispute."
"Sad to hear about the demise of Vajpayeeji. He was a rare Indian leader who had the humaneness to seek the resolution of the festering Kashmir dispute in the wide ambit of human... | | |
| | | Karra hails Guv for defence of Article 35A in SC | | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Senior Congress leader, Tariq Hameed Karra while lauding the role of Governor N N Vohra in defending Article 35A in Supreme Court Thursday said states position in country’s top court is well-defined and that the final verdict will be ‘undeniably favorable’.
Karra said that given the positive approach of Vohra and his advisory council, he finds the state in apex court as ‘victorious’. He was addressing media during a joint pres... | | |
| | | SC directs Assam NRC to provide data of population excluded from draft | | | | NEW DELHI, Aug 16: The Supreme Court today directed the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator to provide it with the data of district-wise percentage of population excluded from the NRC draft in the state.
A two-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi and also comprising of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, sought the response of all the stakeholders including All Assam Students Union, All Assam Minority Stude... | | |
| | | Army commander reviews security situation | | | | JAMMU, Aug 16: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Army Commander, Northern Command today visited forward areas of Rajouri Sector to review the operational preparedness and the prevailing security situation.
During the visit to the sector, the Army Commander was briefed by the commanders on ground about the current operational and prevailing security situation and the preparedness of the formations in dealing with the same.
The Army Commander also interacted... | | |
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